A US campaign helped prevent China’s contender from taking the helm of the World Intellectual Property Organisation — and its trove of 250,000 patents — as part of wider efforts to curb Beijing’s influence at the UN.
Daren Tang, head of Singapore’s intellectual property office, was nominated Wipo’s incoming director-general subject to confirmation from the body’s general assembly in May. Tang defeated Wang Binying, currently a WIPO's deputy director and a former Beijing trade official, in a second round of voting with 55 votes to 28.
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